Agricultural organizations of Belarus have begun planting potatoes, according to operational data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
So, as of April 13, potatoes were planted on 0,66 thousand ha, or 2,7% of the plan. Work is underway in Brest, Gomel, Minsk and Grodno regions.
In total this year, potatoes in agricultural enterprises should be planted on 24,5 thousand hectares, gross harvest (including farms) is expected to reach 1,16 million tons.
In 2018, 5 million 865 thousand tons of potatoes were harvested in Belarus in all categories of farms (8,6% less than in 2017), including 598,6 thousand tons from agricultural organizations.
Source: http://news.21.by